Ports Used by the Arcserve Backup Base Product
For the Arcserve Backup base product, you can configure the following ports in the PortsConfig.cfg file:
Arcserve Remote Procedure Call service
This is the ONCRPC portmapper service. Other ONCRPC services such as caserved, cadiscovd, caathd, lqserver, camediad, and idbserver use this service for registration. Clients that communicate using the other ONCRPC services first contact the ONCRPC portmapper service to enumerate the ports, and then contact the other ONCRPC service to communicate.
- Default Port: 111
- Protocol: TCP
Domain service (Cadiscovd.exe)
This service maintains a database of users, passwords, equivalences, and hosts for the Arcserve Backup domain concept. This service is required for GUI communication.
- Default Port: Dynamic Port
- Protocol: TCP
Service controller (Caserved.exe)
This service is used to manage other services remotely and is required for GUI communication.
- Default Port: Dynamic Port
- Protocol: TCP
Authentication service (Caauthd.exe)
This service validates the caroot user login and equivalence. It is required for GUI and backup server communication.
- Default Port: Dynamic Port
- Protocol: TCP
LDBServer.exe
This service is used for database communication and can only be configured using the command line. This service is not required for GUI and backup server communication.
- Default Port: Dynamic Port
- Protocol: TCP
LQServer.exe
This service is used for job queue communication and can only be configured using the command line. This service is not required for GUI and backup server communication
- Default Port: Dynamic Port
- Protocol: TCP
Mediasvr.exe
This service is used for tape engine communication and can only be configured using the command line. This service is not required for GUI and backup server communication.
- Default Port: Dynamic Port
- Protocol: TCP
Carunjob.exe
This service uses a port range for reconnection logic (on network communication failure) with the agents.
- Default Port: Dynamic Port
- Protocol: TCP
MS Endpoint Mapper Service
This is not a configurable port.
- Default Port: 135
- Protocol: TCP
Arcserve Management Service (casmgmtsvc.exe)
Arcserve Management Service is a configurable service that lets Arcserve Backup command line utilities (for example, ca_backup and ca_restore) communicate under the following scenarios:
- Remote services communication
- Arcserve server and client server communication
Note: To communicate using remote services, Arcserve Management Service requires a callback service.
Note: To communicate with the Arcserve server and the client server, Arcserve Management Service requires a callback service.
Location of Configuration Files
- Arcserve Management Configuration File: To modify the ports used by Arcserve Management Service, you must modify the configuration file labeled mgmt.properties located in the following directory:
- Callback Services Configuration File: Arcserve Management Service requires a callback service labeled clntportrange. clntportrange is a value listed in the mgmt.properties configuration file located in the following directory:
<$ARCserve_Home>\MgmtSvc\conf\mgmt.properties
<drive letter>\Program Files\CA\Shared Components\ARCserve Backup\jcli\conf\mgmt.properties
Remote Services Communication
The default values are as follows:
- Protocol: SSL
- Port (sslport): 7099
- usessl: True
The optional values are as follows:
- Protocol: NON SSL
- Port (nonsslport): 2099
The Callback Service values are as follows:
- Default port range: [20000-20100]
- Optional port ranges: [10000|19999] or [20000-20100|10000|19999]
Arcserve Server and Client Server Communication
The default values are as follows:
- Protocol: SSL
- Port (sslport): 7099
- usessl: True
The optional values are as follows:
- Protocol: NON SSL
- Port (nonsslport): 2099
The Callback Service values are as follows:
- Default port range (clntportrange): 7199
- Optional port ranges: [20000-20100|20000|19999]